Non-refillable bottle.



G. K0ML0sY; NON-REFILLABLB BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAILZO, 1913.

1,064,491, Patented June 10, 1913.

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GEORGE KOMLOSY, OIF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Application filed January 20, 1913.

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Be it known that I, Gnonon Konnosr, a subject of the King of Hungary,and resident of Yonkers, in the county of -Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is specification.

The present invention relates to bottles for holding proprietarybeverages and other liquids, and provided with devices for permittingthe same to be emptied, but not refilled.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a non-refillablebottle with means for holding the valve thereof upon its seat in allpositions of the bottle, such means being adapted to release said valveat will.

Another object of the invention is to produce a valve locking meanswhich takes at the same time the place of the usual stopper of thebottle.

A further object of the invention is to construct a non-refillablebottle which is efficient and reliable in operation, its parts whichcome in contact with the liquid con tents being adapted to be made of amaterial which not affected by the said contents.

Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompany ing drawings, it being understood that many changes may bemade in the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a partof a bottle constructed in accordance with. the present invention withthe upper parts shown in vertical section; Fig. 2 is a similar elevationwith the parts shown in other positions; Fig. 3 is a section taken online 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig.5 is a section taken on line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a section taken online 66 of Fig. 1; Fi 7 is a side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1-9, 1913.

Serial No. 743,194.

elevation of the bottle neck; and Fig. 8 is a vertical section takenthrough that portion of the attachment which fits the bottle neck shownin Fig. 7.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 denotes a bottle which may be made ofany suitable material and desired shape, provided with the usual neck11, having in its outer surface a recess 12, and below said recess atdiametrically opposite points projections 13, 13, which are adapted tobe seated in the horizontal legs 14, 14 of L-shaped depressigns 15,which latter are formed in the inner surface of a tubular extension orbarrel 16, which is adapted to be drawn over the neck. To the neck ofthe bottle is attached in any suitable manner a washer 17, forming acontinuation of said neck, and constituting a seat for a valve 18, whichis provided with guides 19, extending into said neck.

In the barrel is formed a longitudinal groove 20, stopping short of itsupper end, and in this groove arranged a somewhat resilient strip 21,the lower end of which is seated in the recess 12 of the bottle neck.The upper end of the strip is notched, as clearly shown at 21. \Viththis notch registers an aperture 22 in the barrel, which a perture is incommunication with a. recess 23. extending to the outer face of thebarrel. The strip 21 carries a substantially horizontal extension 2 1:,j')r jecting into a. recess in a substantially cylindrical body 26,which is slidably arranged in the said barrel and normally rests uponthe valve 18. A spring 27 bears against the extension 24 and thecylindrical body, and tends to move the said cylindrical body upward inthe direction of its longitudinal axis, for a purpose hereinafter to bedescribed. The cylindrical body 26 snugly fits the bore in the barrel,and is provided with a plurality of longitudinal peripheral grooves 28,permitting a free passage of the liquid when the valve is unseated. Theupper end of the cylindrical body is undercut at 29, the diameter of itsoutermost portion corresponding, however, exactly to the inner diameterof the barrel. In the body 26 is furthermore formed a transverse opening30, in alinement with the aperture 22 in the barrel. The opening 30 isquadrangular in cross section and substantially larger than the aperture22. Into the opening 30 projects an upwardly extending lug 31, normallyin contact with a projection 32, which is formed upon an actuatingmember 33, the latter being slidably mounted in the recess 23, andextends through the aperture 22 into the opening 30. Springs 34, whichare arranged in the recess 23, and bear against the actuating member 33,tend to keep the latter in its outer position and thereby the projection32 in contact with the lug 31.. A stop 35 upon the actuating memberprevents a further outward movement of the latter.

A cap 36, provided with a sealing disk 37, closes the upper end of thebarrel 16.

The operation of this device is as follows: The bottle is first filledwith liquid, after which the valve 18 is put in place upon the washer17. The barrel with the parts carried thereby is then attached to thebottle neck in the following manner: The vertical legs of the L-shapeddepressions 15 are engaged with the projections 13 upon the bottle neck,by which operation the lower end of the strip 21 is forced into thegroove 20 of the barrel. The barrel is then pushed down until theprojections 13 are in alinement with the horizontal legs of the L shapeddepressions, after which about a quarter of a turn is given to thebarrel until the lower end of the strip 21 is adapted to spring into therecess 12 in the bottle neck. If the parts are in these positions, thebarrel is locked to the bottle irremovably.

Normally the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. l of the drawings,in which the member 33, under the action of its springs 34, keeps thecylindrical body 26 upon the, valve 18. The valve is thus held upon itsseat no matter in what position the bottle be. To pour some or all ofthe co-n tents from the bottle, the cap 36 is removed from the barrel,and the actuating member 33 pushed inward, whereby its projection willbe disengaged from the upwardly extending lug 31 in the opening 30. Thespring 27 is thus left free to act, forcing the cylindrical body 26 up\and into the position shown in F ig. 2 of the drawings. In this positionthe actuating member 33 is prevented by the lug 31 from moving outward.By inverting the bottle, the contents of the same will unseat the valveand escape through the longitudinal grooves 28 in the cylindrical bodytoward the mouth of the barrel, and can be freely poured from thebottle. If an attempt is made to refill, the valve is seated by gravityand by the liquid with which the bottle is to be filled, so that liquidwill not flow into the bottle. The longitudinal grooves in thecylindrical body 26 are so formed as to prevent access to the valve bywire or other devices, so that the valve cannot be tampered with. IThecylin drical body 26 takes at the same time the place of the ordinarycork, inasmuch, when the said cylindrical body is forced downward by theoperator against the action of the spring 27 from the position shown inFi 2 into that shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the springs 34: willbring the actuating member 33 into its normal position, shown in Fig. 1of the drawings, the upper end of the said cylindrical body closing thenthe mouth of the barrel.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with theneck of a bottle, of a barrel irremovably attached thereto forming acontinuation of said neck, a valve seat upon said neck, a valve uponsaid seat, means shiftably arranged in said barrel adapted to hold said.valve upon said seat, an actuating member for locking said last namedmeans in such holding position, and a spring adapted to shift saidholding means when disengaged from said actuating member, whereby saidvalve is free to leave its seat.

2. In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with the neck of abottle, of a barrel irremovably attached thereto forming a continuationof said neck, a valve seat upon said neck, a valve upon said seat, alongitudinally grooved cylindrical body shiftably arranged in saidbarrel adapted to hold said valve upon said seat, an actuating memberfor locking said cylindrical body in such holding position, and a springadapted. to shift said cylindrical body when disengaged from saidactuating member, whereby said valve is free to leave its seat.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 21st day of December, A. D. 1912.

GEORGE KOMLOSY. lVitnesses SIGMUND Hunzoo, S. BIRNBAUM.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

